diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix
index 26c1597f2aa8..6d59bd927cff 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/xz/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "xz-5.0.4";
+  name = "xz-5.0.5";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://tukaani.org/xz/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "14nf55b47335aakswqk0kqv1qsh4269rnb757dmkkbd1sdhb1naw";
+    sha256 = "1404i59bp6rzxya0br1q9njdv32z4sggyfrkjr7vq695hk94hv0n";
   };
 
   doCheck = true;